Sentences with word «frontbench»
The word "frontbench" refers to a group of important politicians who sit in the front rows of parliament. They usually hold key positions in the government or the opposition, and are responsible for making important decisions and debating important issues. Full definition
Lamont announced a major shakeup of the Labour frontbench team on 28 June 2013.
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It's not just about bums on frontbench seats.
Eurosceptic Tory MPs - newly confident following an 81 - member rebellion over the EU last month - consider the increased subscription a backdoor bailout, as does the Labour frontbench team, which wants to encourage rebellion by Tory backbenchers.
May first joined the Tory frontbench in 1999 as shadow education secretary when William Hague was the party leader.
Senior Labour MPs tell the Daily Telegraph tens of shadow frontbench roles would be left empty if Jeremy Corbyn wins the leadership race.
Last night Sheffield MP Mr Betts introduced the move as a «pragmatic measure» to reunite the PLP after 64 MPs resigned from frontbench jobs.
Theresa May says that there'll be no change in frontbench position on Iraq.
Tony Blair says departure is «time out, not time over» as Labour leader's brother spells out reasons for rejecting frontbench job
New Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was present on his party's frontbench for the first time during the debate.
The shadow Northern Ireland secretary, who challenged Corbyn for his party's leadership in 2016, was brought on to the Labour frontbench after last year's general election.
Jeremy Corbyn today risked a wave of frontbench resignations by imposing a three - line whip on Labour MPs to vote in favour of triggering Article 50.
«These are very serious allegations involving a former member of the Conservative frontbench as well as some of David Cameron's closest confidants inside Downing Street and his cheerleaders in the media.
David Davis and Liam Fox were also celebrating after returning to the Tory frontbench after being out in the cold under David Cameron - but George Osborne was sacked as Chancellor.
Unfortunately, there is a dearth of talent on the Conservative frontbench with the necessary skills and experience.
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Shadow ministers - left - wing and left - leaning MPs who didn't nominate Corbyn in 2015 but are reported to have backed him in the vote of confidence after the Brexit vote and now serve in his shadow frontbench team:
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell today admitted to having lost track of which opposition frontbench posts needed to be filled — laying bare the extent of the disarray in the party.
His dismissal prompted cries of lament from some nine frontbench colleagues as well as numerous other Labour MPs.
The government frontbench erupts in laughter at this - they're extremely miffed at Labour's attitude.
He was promoted to the Tory frontbench by new Cabinet colleague William Hague.
Blunkett's comments come amid rising tension within the Labour party over Miliband's leadership, with frontbench MPs set to warn him that he will have to resign as leader if he loses the general election next year.
Jowell, who quit frontbench politics after the Olympics last year, claimed the BBC felt remote from the lives of ordinary people despite its status as a cherished national institution.
Then there is the tired old way of letting your own backbenchers interrupt your speech with points of order, which only underline your case: so Dominic Grieve, the Tory frontbench spokesman, allowed endless diversions from his own Patrick Cormack, John Redwood, John Gummer and Bill Cash.
Certainly the best Labour frontbench MP we have on the economy.
That current failed to regain the party leadership and is further weakened by the withdrawal of David Miliband from frontbench politics.
«Keep an eye on the Alan Johnson - Ed Miliband tensions Main Ed Miliband has his first frontbench resignation yesterday (although the media have been strangely reticent to report it)»
The rule book states there should be «three frontbench Members of Parliament, at least one of whom must be a woman, nominated by the Shadow Cabinet.»
Some handpicked business leaders have been asked to lead reviews or join frontbench teams but on the whole this is for their willingness to criticise the world from which they have come, rather than to support it.
Alexander, the former shadow health secretary who quit Corbyn's frontbench during the string of resignations over his leadership in 2016, has resigned her seat to take up a role as deputy mayor for transport under the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, at City Hall.
Mr Corbyn has refused to resign despite a mass frontbench walkout and overwhelming vote of no confidence by MPs.
Ashworth holds one of the three frontbench seats on Labour's ruling NEC - the body which controls the party and its rulebook.
Mr Mercer, who was sacked from the Conservative frontbench over his comments on black soliders, will advise the government on security.
21:58 - Osborne's appearance this evening is significant: it seems ministers have taken note of the constant comments about a lack of frontbench support for the Lib Dems during the course of the debate.
But shadow Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn, who had also been lined up for the sack over his support for bombing in Syria, survived after Mr Corbyn was warned that dumping him would spark mass frontbench resignations.
«I am also looking forward to resuming frontbench duties in the Assembly and to holding the Labour - Plaid Cymru government to account for the woefully inadequate way in which it is funding councils across Wales next year.»»
He has begun the process of appointing a new frontbench team.»
In the early stages of the hacking story, there was only one frontbench politician from any party who was willing to attack the News of the World — the Lib Dem home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne.
The infection spread to Labour's frontbench yesterday when the always partisan Chris Bryant put this question to Nick Clegg at Deputy PM's Question Time:
David Miliband did a pretty good job of aping Tony Blair, and there are several dextrous exponents of «chameleonism» on the current frontbench, though I'm far too much of a party loyalist to name them.
Baroness Scott is the Liberal Democrat frontbench spokesperson for the Department of Local Government and Communities in the House of Lords.
Ministers already face united opposition from the Conservative and Liberal Democrat frontbench in the Lords, as well as eminent crossbench peers including Lady Manningham - Buller, former head of MI5, and the former lord chief justice, Lord Woolf.
Yet there's renewed optimism in Westminster's Norman Shaw South since Corbyn's victory last month and - according to the leader's calculations - the return of more than half the 63 frontbench rebels.
The government, lined up on the Commons frontbench late on an August evening when they might have reasonably expected to have been sipping a glass of wine on some Mediterranean island, sat in silent turmoil as the jeers from Labour and, especially, the SNP washed over them.
None of them should be rushed into frontbench jobs before they are ready, however - just in order to fit a target that is more politically correct than anything ever proposed by NuLabour.
It is vital for his prospects that the Tory frontbench look and sound like a competent government - in - waiting in comparison to the disintegrating Brown Cabinet.»
Starmer subsquently came under criticism from opposition parties over Labour's decision to applaud the government's concession and withdraw its own frontbench amendment.